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Re:Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews by gleenn on Thursday December 17, 2020 @06:47PM (#25462036)
I think a similar add-on went to court and was deemed illegal. Sorry, can't cite my source. I think it's a pretty common idea but falls flat quickly once you realize there isn't a reliable way to mass vet reviews
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Re:Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews by Buttons840 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @06:55PM (#25462122)
We really need a source on that. Why is it illegal for software on my computer to show me information I want? I happen to want comments related to the site I'm viewing to be shown in a side pane.
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Re:Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews by BlueTemplar on Friday December 18, 2020 @06:14AM (#25465985)
That doesn't make any sense, why would you be responsible for comments left by other people - unless you had editorial control?
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Re:Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews by eins1234 on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:59PM (#25472593)
Sounds like the next one needs to be built on top of censorship resistant platforms like IPFS and/or Dat.
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